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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1............................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES, AND PROBLEM STATEMENT................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objectives:...........................................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Potential Outcomes ............................................................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 2............................................................................................................................... 5 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Wood Drying .......................................................................................................................................................5 2.2 Conventional Drying ...........................................................................................................................................7 2.3 Vacuum drying ....................................................................................................................................................8 2.3.1 Types of Vacuum Drying Systems................................................................................................................9 2.4 Comparison of Vacuum and Conventional Drying Rates .................................................................................10 2.5 Comparison of Vacuum and Conventional Drying Quality ..............................................................................13 2.6 Property Changes in Vacuum Drying ................................................................................................................15 2.7. Comparison of methods to determine drying lumber costs...........................................................................16 2.7.1 Cost Accounting Methods..........................................................................................................................17 2.7.2. Feasibility Studies .....................................................................................................................................18 2.8 Economic Feasibility study................................................................................................................................19 2.9 Lean Manufacturing ..........................................................................................................................................21 2.9.1 Value Stream Map and Future State .........................................................................................................23 2.10. Little’s Law.....................................................................................................................................................24 2.11 Modeling and Simulation................................................................................................................................27 2.12 Lean and Simulation .......................................................................................................................................30 2.13 SimioTM Simulation Software ........................................................................................................................32 2.14 Case Study .......................................................................................................................................................35 CHAPTER 3............................................................................................................................. 37 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 37 3.1 Differences between conventional and vacuum drying in terms of quality, time, and costs. .......................40 3.2 Feasibility Analysis ............................................................................................................................................45 3.3 Current Value stream map ...............................................................................................................................48 vPDF Image | Impact of Vacuum-Drying on Efficiency of Hardwood Products
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